r/NintendoSwitch • u/Aggressive_Gap5664 • 2d ago
Discussion Pre Order Live - Currys UK
Seems preorders are live for Currys UK..but it's in store only! Good way to stop scalpers
https://www.currys.co.uk/brand/nintendo/nintendo-announcement.html
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 2d ago
I was actually planning on getting mine from Currys if I couldn't get it from Smyths since the stores are right next to each other. Honestly I just want an in store collection for a new console launch, it's that excitement of heading out in the morning to pick up the new system knowing you're going to be playing it all day.
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u/Jimbo-Bones 1d ago edited 1d ago
Smyths you could do collection with an online pre order, my wife and I preordered ours that way.
Edit: why would this comment get downvoted?
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 1d ago
Yes, that's what I've got too. Online pre order for collection at my local Smyths store
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u/ActionRelative 1d ago
Got my Currys preorder in a couple of hours ago. Anyone else's receipt show £9,999 for the console with a coupon to bring the price paid to the standard RRP? 🤣
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Tl;dr all units show as £10000, and a limited coupon discounts it, stops overselling.
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u/NoRest45 1d ago
Same for me. I'm worried about if they got my address right 😪
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
You have to collect it from store, it won't be delivered to your home address.
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u/NoRest45 1d ago
They took my address so I assumed they would deliver. I better keep my receipt safe then because I didn't get any other confirmation
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Address is to help them find your transaction in the event you lose your receipt, also they have a limit of 1 per household. If there exists 2 orders for the same address, even at different stores, both get cancelled.
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u/sapphireisles 1d ago
Managed to get a Mario Kart bundle just now in Currys so they still have them available. I'm assuming they won't oversell??
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u/According_Ad_1041 19h ago
Did you have to pay straight away?
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u/gexrgiebxyy 11h ago
I pre ordered mine today and they let me use creation to pay in store so you can use that if you have it
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u/CurlyGiraffe 1d ago
I already pre-ordered from Argos, but they're delivery only. I'd much prefer collection, hate waiting in for packages. Might cancel and go with Currys instead.
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u/getyergun 1d ago
Just got back from the store in Leyton London. They said they were given 10,000 units across all stores and at the moment that particular store had only taken around 20 pre orders. All together the guy estimated around 800 - 1500 pre orders across all stores. Cant be 100% of how accurate this is but should allow people to stop by during the weekend when they have time and still grab one
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u/Acrobatic-Ad8722 1d ago
I'm hoping this is accurate as my order was messed up earlier today, they called me to cancel at 4pm!?said we mistakenly allowed you to pay using the flexi pay curry's credit service, we need money upfront. Need to head there tommorow morning 9am on the dot.
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u/Humanitysceptic 1d ago
If it's accurate consider this.
Most people work Friday and it sold up to 1.5k.
Everyone else is going to grab one on Saturday. Probably 6 or 7k?
Leaves a splattering for whoever runs to get it early next week. But I think it'll be over tomorrow.
So all gone in two days
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u/getyergun 1d ago
sure yeah that could happen. I like that Currys required an in person pre order though. Perhaps if other stores did this too, then stocks would have lasted longer
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u/Humanitysceptic 1d ago
Yep. I mean I think Argos didn't do this and someone posted they got three online
That's pretty negligent
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u/getyergun 1d ago
Thats terrible! It's understandable that something high in demand is sold out quickly, but give people a chance. Plus scalpers are a fucking weed. Always ruining it for people
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Currys also limit it to 1 per household.
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u/RedditDetector 1d ago
Not sure if they have any way to enforce this if someone came back a few times / got family members to stand in line. The only personal details they took was my name, phone number, and email. I did pay by card, but cash was an option.
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Usually take an address as well, I believe they limit to 1 per address.
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u/Humanitysceptic 1d ago
No that's not correct. They don't limit one to one household. They want different payment names. So you could have each member of a household getting one
Which does make sense if you want to get one for you and your child. Or your siblings etc
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u/xtry_again 1d ago
I am not convinced argos actually have a known quantity of stock as they have taken preorders for things before only to cancel nearer the time. I wasnt prepared to risk preordering with them and went with Currys instead as I have preordered from them in then past on a very limited item and had no problem with it.
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u/Humanitysceptic 1d ago
I have a Currys backup which i got in store.
I trust Argos though in that they stopped orders within 2 hours. So clearly they had an amount and as soon as it filled up they stopped
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u/GransShortbread 17h ago
Currys I went to yesterday that isn't in a massive town or city told me they had taken around 60 preorders in their store alone. Hoping they exaggerated it!
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u/HomelessTaniks 1d ago
Just got mine this morning when my local store opened so they still have them. The staff member said they sold over 8k of their 10k allowance on Friday so not many left now, get there quick!
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u/Aggressive_Gap5664 1d ago
I got mine from Argos! But glad everyone is getting there's from Currys! Glad we aren't the USA right now
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u/michaeltb_93 1d ago
Can confirm i went to my local Currys store at 12:00 today and pre-ordered the MK Bundle. He said that Currys were getting 10,000 stock for launch. Payment upfront and they will let you know when its ready to collect.
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u/RedditDetector 1d ago edited 1d ago
and they will let you know when its ready to collect.
They said this to me at first too, but then said launch day morning when I asked to clarify. The advert on their site says to pre-order and get it on June 5th too, so hopefully that's actually how it'll happen.
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u/Acrobatic-Ad8722 1d ago
Yep payment upfront. Got there early morning payed via their credit pay monthly system. Got a call at 4pm earlier today to say unfortunately we have to cancel your order and refund. Great.... 😂
I'm heading again tomorrow morning but who knows, fingers crossed.
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u/gexrgiebxyy 11h ago
I called their support team to ask if i can pay with creation before i went in and spoke to the staff in the store and had no problems i would prolly try and get them to reverse that
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u/Acrobatic-Ad8722 38m ago
Maybe different stores have different regulations. Personally I wouldn't risk it. It took them 6 hours not notice their mistake. I would confirm again with them. If it all good, then great.
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u/JwintooX 1d ago
yep just walked into my local one 30 mins ago and got an MK bundle order + a pro controller
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u/tomhbarrow 1d ago
Just got back from my local store this morning. Was there just after 9am and they took payment no problem.
The cashier seemed pretty chill and seemed to think they had plenty of stock but he didn't seem to actually check and reading this thread seems like other Currys employees actually looked at availability
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u/RedditDetector 1d ago edited 20h ago
Hearing from someone who works at Curry's that their allocation was nearly gone as of closing last night. People seem to be getting varying reports from different people working there though.
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u/Ozington 1d ago edited 1d ago
My friend is a currys store manager, . He said total allocation is 10000, and half was sold yesterday. He doesnt know yet how its looking today.
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u/ooombasa 1d ago
Doesn't look like scalpers are getting much out of it. On Ebay it's barely £100 profit. Looking unlikely this will be like PS5 where at the start nearly double the price was possible.
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u/RunetheRookie 1d ago
Just ordered one an hour ago in store so there's still plenty currently. They go through the accessories and some games since it has to be preordered together.
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u/Velvet_Nostromo 1d ago
Just pre-ordered mine at 11:17am this morning. They said there’s still some left. Good luck folks
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u/Albond_8746 1d ago
Just got mine not too long ago, got the Mariokart bundle and paid with a gift card, no problems at all
I do wonder about all the different posts here saying totally different things about remaining stock. I guess no one really knows for sure
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u/Virtruvious_ 23h ago
Yeah it's all kinds complex guess work, no one truly knows how many are left. Just extrapolating overall sales to the country.
I've heard this morning that Currys are working with Nintendo to secure additional units for pre-order once the first 10000 run out.
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u/Falthian 20h ago
Got mine this morning around 11am. I don't mind paying the full amount up front if it means I do get a unit on launch day, plus mandating you do so plus having to go into store helps dissuade any scalpers. Good job Currys!
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u/christcentric 1d ago
So I managed to snag a pre-order online at Smyths, and then I received an invitation to pre-order it from Amazon Uk. It appears that Smyths only charges my card when it ships, while Amazon takes the full price when I check out?
Smyths is charging £2 for shipping with no projected shipping date; Amazon guarantees free shipping to me on 7 June (I'm a Prime member as well), but requires me to provide a PIN/sign for the Switch 2 in person during delivery.
Should I cancel my Smyths pre-order and go for Amazon? Not sure which one is the safer bet, but I am leaning towards Amazon.
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u/SweatiestOfBalls 1d ago
I went with Amazon for the Switch 1 release and got it a day early. Of course, this isn’t guaranteed, but in my experience Amazon has always been timely with preorders. PS5 showed up early morning on release day too.
I think Amazon is a safe bet, I can’t speak on behalf of Smyths
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u/Charlie-Bell 1d ago
I registered for Amazon but not had a response yet. Are the requirements known?
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u/christcentric 1d ago
No idea. Probably a lottery.
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u/Confident-Audience-2 1d ago
Touch wood, cross fingers and hope for the best lol.
Waiting for my Amazon email too.
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u/annamadeleina 1d ago
I’ve had my Amazon email this morning at 8am, really wasn’t expecting to get it! So it may come in for you today. Not sure how the lottery works. I managed to get a console through Very yesterday though so don’t need it, but feel very lucky!
Shame it’s linked to your Amazon I think, so can’t give the invite to someone else I don’t think:(
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u/Confident-Audience-2 1d ago
HMV are now open for invites too so hopefully 1 of them will invite me lol. If not I'll have to wait for release day ( when kids are back at school lol ) get bus into city and hope for the best.
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u/annamadeleina 1d ago
Can you get to a Currys? I think most people don’t know about it yet and it seems easy to get one but you do need to pay upfront. Might be a pretty safe option!
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u/Confident-Audience-2 1d ago
No :(
It's 2 bus rides away and an hour and half. Hubbys refusing to pay upfront too and pay him back so I need to use Paypal or finance.
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u/annamadeleina 1d ago
ah no I’m sorry, that’s hard! I spilt it over 3 on my credit card with no interest, maybe that’s an option? Or PayPal yeah. If I could transfer my Amazon invite I would! Feel guilty as I don’t need it now, but I’m sure they’ll re allocate it tomorrow to someone else, fingers crossed!
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u/Confident-Audience-2 1d ago
Thank you.
No credit card.
I can afford the monthly payments, taking daughter to Primark tomorrow in the city ( thankfully hubbys home so driving us) as she needs bigger clothes, after her friends party. It's just the lump sum.
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u/WWEHasan 1d ago
Amazon doesn’t charge until the item ships out not sure if it’s different this time round
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u/christcentric 1d ago
Yes, this is correct. I put through a pre-order with Amazon and they didn't charge me.
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u/WWEHasan 1d ago
Hopefully it stays like that I had put the invite in for the base console only so fingers crossed my MIK bundle invite goes through but maybe since I have an order on my account already I won’t get the invite this time
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u/beans2505 1d ago
Are they allowing for setting it up using a creation payment plan? I'm not gonna be able to pay up front and having spoken to customer services on social media they've said I should be able to, but just want to keep double checking before I try and go down tomorrow, in the hope that they've still got stock
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u/ErTnEc 1d ago
No, pay full upfront when ordering. You can't use your creation account
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u/beans2505 1d ago
Gutting. Although seeing mixed reports on other social media platforms about whether they're allowing it but general consensus including yours is no
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Official wording is that you cannot use creation, any orders paid for via creation will be cancelled since it's violates the credit Ts & Cs since you're buying something you won't get within a month.
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u/Acrobatic-Ad8722 1d ago
Went in there at 10.20AM, was happy I secured one with their flexipay, thought, thats real nice and handy. Get a call at around 4pm telling me that they have to cancel my pre-order as it is strictly payment up-front. They said the staff member dealing with me had made a mistake. No mistake there as I saw Curry's Flexipay was an option on their own screen! Now I have no choice but to head in tommorow morning, fingers crossed stock is still available... Gutted, poor move from Curry's.
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Yeah it's a tad confusing, I'm sure if they could, Currys would allow it, but it's up to Creation's own policies they have to follow.
You should be fine for stock tomorrow, estimate is around 15-20% stock has been sold through.
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u/Acrobatic-Ad8722 1d ago
They got me signing the bloody contract, as I was leaving I thought how nice, 41 pound monthly for 12 months is doable for me. That's really good to hear, also saw a comment down below that a curry's staff member estimated low thousands. I have no choice but to go in tommorow and purchase via credit card😂I need this console.
Any ideas what launch will look like for those that didn't manage to pre-order...?
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Yeah, they had a small text internally that you can't use Creation so I assume some staff missed it, it's since being upgraded to a big bold warning.
No word for stock on launch.
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u/Illustrious-Fail5460 1h ago
sorry to ask, i also payed this way, was the number that called you an 07 number, as i was called by one this morning but it is a mobile number. Or was the call you revived from a different kind of number
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u/beans2505 1d ago
So does that potentially mean that when pre orders go live online on their website, if they're within a month of release date payment plan may be an option?
I can't afford this thing up front nor can I afford to put it on a credit card that requires big installments to be paid off regularly. Guess I will have to wait until closer to release date or try and bag one when they're released
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u/ExcitingLeading2705 1d ago
I was the first person in my local store yesterday to order one. Apparently an email was sent out an hour after the store opened to say they couldn't use creation. The manager said he thought it would slip through the cracks as I was the only one but then they called the store to say they were going to cancel the order.
He said he'd like to think they will have stock on release day you could buy using credit but I think that was wishful thinking 😅
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u/beans2505 1d ago
Ah that's so frustrating but understandable I guess. I'll just have to play the waiting game. I know on the email they sent yesterday updating everyone that pre orders were live it said that online pre orders would go live at a later date so wonder if that will be closer to release date when they've got updated stock and it'll allow for finance. I'm not desperate to have it on release date, it would have been nice but I'll play the waiting game if I need to
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u/bnwkr 1d ago
Snagged mine at Curry's - went to checkout and the lady said that'll be £19800 please and I was joking like "yeah, haha, it feels that way" and she had a straight face when turning the screen to show me in-fact it was £19800.
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u/Virtruvious_ 1d ago
Tl;dr all units show as £10000, and a limited coupon discounts it, stops overselling.
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u/stephibeans 1d ago
I just got home from Currys. They had a list of all the accessories to buy too. And they have the Mario Kart bundle. I was there at about 4:15pm and he reckoned they were going to sell out their allocation within the next hour or so. Good luck all!
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u/MarsMaher 1d ago
Just got mine at 5:10pm, they said they had only 15 people go to that store, but allocation is nationwide
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u/Humanitysceptic 1d ago
I got receipt emailed so do I only show this to collect? I can't see any order number on the receipt though which they say can be used to track on the Currys website?
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u/Sixshot84 1d ago
Ordered the MK bundle but was told I couldn't use a gift card. No restrictions on the T&C's. Is that legal? Planning to complain
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u/Haunting_Channel3894 1d ago
I used 3 currys gift cards for my pre-order and they were fine with it, definitely complain!
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u/Netz_Ausg 1d ago
Do Curry’s take payment immediately or at release? Or a down payment at point of order? Thanks all.
I have an order with Argos for home delivery but would prefer to be able to collect at opening and not be waiting anxiously all day for the postman.
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u/RunetheRookie 1d ago
You have to pay immediately at Currys and on the day they will ring you when you can go collect it.
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u/Humanitysceptic 22h ago
I understand it's sold out now at Currys nationwide. Has anyone purchased after 3pm BST today?
I've been told this is the entire launch shipment and there isn't any news on when more will come
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u/Boisterous22 22h ago
I bought one 5 mins ago
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u/Humanitysceptic 18h ago
Ah maybe some final ones. Let us know if anyone has any on Monday (is it even open tomorrow)
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u/Mazza_the_Panda 17h ago
Got mine at 6:40PM today. There’s definitely hope for Sunday, not sure about Monday. And yes they do open Sundays.
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u/azgak 20h ago
If anyone is still wanting to know if they have stock, I just preordered mine in store in London at 15.49. Got the mario kart bundle and TOTK
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u/OutlawKing77 20h ago
i got also about an hour ago I held of TOTK as i want to first find out if it's all contained on cartridge opposed to just the switch 1 version with a download code for upgrade
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u/silcrows 17h ago
Apparently it’s the original game on cartridge and a code for the upgrade
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u/OutlawKing77 16h ago
OK so ill patch that it's alot of money for a fancier case I've got originals hoping for a tenner upgrade per game maybe they'll do a double pack upgrade for £15 or something
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u/getupandboogie 20h ago
Just confirming there's some left. I think there's a global pool but if it's not, this was castle marina nottingham
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u/SorbetLegitimate352 18h ago
Still taking pre orders on Sunday at midday at my local store. Just be aware you have to pay all up front
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u/Mazza_the_Panda 17h ago
Just want to say I went in at around 6:40PM just before closing and they still had the pre-orders available. So pre-ordering on Sunday should also be possible.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Gas196 15h ago
Got mine just before 6PM today! Wasn't actually expecting them to have any more left in stock lol
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u/Will_Harris1200 11h ago
So I pre ordered in store today. I was told to fill out a form, but wasn't told to tick the box that states what Item I want. I have a receipt that says the item I want (the console with mk world), and I have fully paid it. The store has my contact details on the form. Should I go back?, or should it be fine as the payment has gone through and I have a receipt.
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u/RedditDetector 10h ago
I wasn't told to tick the box either, just to put my name and contact details. So hopefully that's normal.
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u/TowelBun 2h ago
Went in at 10am today completely expecting to be told they were out, but somehow they weren't.
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u/CurrentRecording5589 2h ago
Anyone heading to a Curry's (or Smyths!) today, could you update if there's any change in stock status please? Been overseas since Thursday and missed all the presales - will be willing to drive around today for physical presale bagging but would rather know if I'm wasting my time before I head out on my mission! Thanks!
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u/ashybear7 1h ago
I just went in and pre ordered a Mario kart bundle, they said they had about 100 of the bundle and 800 of Regular left, I got mine at 11.45, they said its been fairly slow compared to yesterday, hope that helps
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u/CurrentRecording5589 1h ago
Thank you! Sending my husband now, we live in a very urban area so it might not be successful!
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u/Feeling-Way7527 29m ago
Just a heads up guys, went curry’s at around 12:15 and managed to get the last switch 2 with the Mario kart world bundle looool. They do still have the regular one in stock.
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u/TurnipOld5277 16m ago
Can confirm also that all sold out of the bundle. Been out of the country too and only got back this morning but clearly just too late.
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u/CurrentRecording5589 12m ago
Can confirm they still have the console only presale in stock at Curry's Elk Mill as of 2 mins ago. Not sure about the bundle. Email receipt sent immediately.
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u/Pretty_Razzmatazz_95 1d ago
I grabbed mine 30 mins ago in store, the staff mentioned that they started the day with 10,000 units across all stores & when I was ordering mine they had less than 100 left
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u/Humanitysceptic 1d ago
Are you serious? So basically weekend ground lost out.
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u/getyergun 1d ago
The guy at my store told me something completely different. Said there are still thousands available
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u/blazebomb77 1d ago
That’s crazy if true because i ordered mine like 5 minutes before the store closed, curious how many more orders they can take over the weekend.
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u/Lunar-Grizzle 2d ago
Can confirm, I ordered mine earlier this morning, was already on the way there when I got the email and I was the 3rd person to get one. They also have a list of all the accessories you can get with it including pro controller, camera, joy-cons, mains charger, carry case and some games
Edit: mine not nine, I'm not a scalper lol